Wednesday, October 22, 2014

7:45 AM

Gov. Scott Walker is out with a new TV ad today touting progress on the economy and making a direct appeal for votes Nov. 4.

The campaign released 30- and 60-second versions of the spot, which features Walker speaking directly into the camera.

They’re cut differently, but in both Walker says policies his opponent supports cost Wisconsin 133,000 jobs before he took office.

“We set a big goal of creating 250,000 jobs because I know Wisconsin can do great things,” he says in the 60-second version.

Both also feature Walker saying his reforms last month helped create 8,400 jobs and Wisconsin now ranks fourth in the Midwest for private sector job growth.

“Not last, in the top four,” Walker says pointing at the camera.

In both, Walker touts the unemployment rate being the lowest it’s been since 2008, and in the longer version he also says he lowered property and income taxes, froze college tuition, eliminated a $3.6 billion deficit and the next budget “will start with a half billion dollar surplus.”

“Now my opponent can criticize the Wisconsin comeback, but we won’t stop until everyone who wants a job can find a job,” he says to close the longer spot. “That is why I ask for your vote on November 4th.”